It served as the overseeing board for the printing and sale of denominational texts, operating the Mennonite Publishing House in Scottdale along with several bookstores throughout the United States and Canada, until 2002.
Scottdale, Pennsylvania was chosen as the board's headquarters, as well as the location for its printing company, the Mennonite Publishing House.
[1] The board operated with an executive committee including a president, vice-president, secretary, and financial agent, although these positions were altered over the years.
The board in total had a membership of more than 30 in 1956, its net worth was $1,019,223.72 and along with the publishing house, it owned several bookstores across the United States and Canada.
In 2006, Mennonite Publishing Network sold the remaining Provident Bookstores it had been operating in order to pay off the last of the debts it had accrued before and during its restructuring.